Orthopaedia or a practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form / by James Knight.

  • Knight, James, 1810-1887.
Date:
1874
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    restricted from adventurous treatment to that of the expect- ant. The results have proved most favorable in our practice — seventy-five per cent of the ordinary conditioned patients labor- ing under synovitic disease having been restored to self-sustaining ability, the diseases having been arrested and the limbs restored to usefulness. For this success in treatment we are greatly indebted for the advice of that most eminent surgeon, the late Professor Yalentine Mott, the first Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, whose invaluable experience in the treatment of these constitutional chronic diseases was freely imparted; and for many years previous to the opening of this institution, was made available to the relief of vast numbers of suffering humanity. The subject-matter of this volume extends through a large range of topics, all of which have received careful consideration, as they presented themselves in practice. It has also been sup- plemented by recent contributions from eminent living authors, of the medical fraternity, the list of whom, only, would include nearly all of our compeers who, as specialists, had directed their attention to the treatment of aberrations of the human form. To these authors we tender our most grateful acknowledgments for the assistance they have afforded us. This work, from absolute necessity (our time for literary labors being necessarily very limited), is greatly condensed; yet we trust it will be perfectly comprehended by the reader. For valuable assistance in the preparation of this work for the press we are greatly indebted to Dr. Virgil P. Gibney, our Senior Assistant in the Hospital.